US2006071027A1PendingUtilityA1

Container

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 7, 2002Filed: Nov 5, 2003Published: Apr 6, 2006
Est. expiryNov 7, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Michael Birsha DaviesJames William GodfreyStephen James HarveyPaul Kenneth Rand
A61M 15/0026A61M 15/009B65D 43/169B65D 83/386A61M 15/008A61M 15/08A61M 15/0076A61M 15/0081A61M 15/0068
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Claims

Abstract

A container ( 3 ) has a first part ( 11 ), a second part ( 9 ) hinge ( 13 ) through which the first and second parts are hingeably connected so that the parts are hingeable relative to one another between a first position which places the container in a closed state and a second position which places the container in an open state. The first and second parts are also pivotally connected (A-A) so that the parts are able to be pivoted relative to one another to different angular positions.

Claims

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1 . A container having a first part, a second part and a hinge through which the first and second parts are hingeably connected so that the parts are hingeable relative to one another between a first position which places the container in a closed state and a second position which places the container in an open state, and wherein the first and second parts are pivotally connected so that the parts are able to be pivoted relative to one another to different angular positions.  
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1  adapted such that the first and second parts are not pivotal relative to one another when the container is in the closed state.  
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 2  wherein in the closed state the first and second parts interengage one another so as to prevent pivotal movement therebetween.  
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 3  wherein the interengagement is between respective lip structures of the first and second parts.  
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the hinge is a living hinge.  
   
   
       6 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first and second parts have locking elements which interengage in the closed state of the container to lock the container in the closed state.  
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 6  wherein the locking elements form a snap fit connection of the first and second parts in the closed state of the container.  
   
   
       8 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the hinge is pivotally mounted to the second part for enabling the relative pivotal movement of the first and second parts.  
   
   
       9 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the hinge is statically mounted to the first part.  
   
   
       10 . The container of  claim 8  wherein the hinge forms an integral part of the first part and is pivotally mounted to the second part.  
   
   
       11 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first part is pivotal to a first angular position disposed behind the second part.  
   
   
       12 . The container of  claim 11  wherein the first part is pivotal to the first angular position after the container is in the open state.  
   
   
       13 . The container of  claim 11  wherein in the first angular position the first and second parts are adapted to nest together in a nesting state.  
   
   
       14 . The container of  claim 11  wherein the second part has a rear surface in which is provided a reading feature, the first part covers the reading feature in the first angular position and has a viewing feature to enable the reading feature to be viewed through the first part when in the first angular position.  
   
   
       15 . The container of  claim 14  wherein the first part is at least in part made from a material sufficiently transparent to enable the reading feature to be viewed therethrough when the first part is in the first angular position.  
   
   
       16 . The container of  claim 1  further having a detent mechanism for detenting the first and second parts in different angular positions.  
   
   
       17 . The container of  claim 11  wherein the second part has a rear surface in which is provided a reading feature and the detent mechanism is adapted to detent the first part in the first angular position, which first angular position provides an unimpeded view of the reading feature on the second part.  
   
   
       18 . The container of  claim 14  wherein the reading feature is a window for viewing the contents of the container.  
   
   
       19 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first and second parts form an enclosing structure when in the closed state.  
   
   
       20 . The container of  claim 19  wherein the enclosing structure is an outer structure and wherein the container includes an inner part releasably, fixably securable in one of the first and second parts so as to be enclosed by the outer structure.  
   
   
       21 . The container of  claim 20  wherein the inner part is adapted to be snap-fitted in one of the first and second parts.  
   
   
       22 . The container of  claim 20  in which the inner part is securable in the second part.  
   
   
       23 . The container of  claim 20  in which the inner part is adapted to hold a product in the container.  
   
   
       24 . The container of  claim 23  in which the product is a package with contents to be dispensed.  
   
   
       25 . The container of  claim 24  in which the inner part is a dispenser with a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the contents of the package.  
   
   
       26 . The container of  claim 25  in which the dispensing mechanism operates through relative movement between the dispenser and the package when the dispenser is fixedly secured in the outer structure.  
   
   
       27 . The container of  claim 25  in which the dispenser has a delivery nozzle through which the contents of the package are dischargeable.  
   
   
       28 . The container of  claim 25  in which the dispenser is an intranasal dispenser.  
   
   
       29 . The container of  claim 25  wherein the second part has a rear surface in which is provided a reading feature, the first part covers the reading feature in the first angular position and has a viewing feature to enable the reading feature to be viewed through the first part when in the first angular position, and wherein the package and dispenser form a dispenser assembly, the package containing multiple doses of the contents and the dispenser assembly having a dose counter for counting the number of doses dispensed from the package, the dose counter being aligned with the reading feature when the dispenser assembly is secured in the container.  
   
   
       30 . The container of  claim 25  wherein the package is an aerosol canister with fluidic contents and having a valve openable by the dispensing mechanism on relative movement of the canister to the dispenser for release of a dose of the fluidic contents from the dispenser.  
   
   
       31 . The container of  claim 30  in which the valve has a stem through which the fluidic contents is dispensed from the dispenser on relative movement thereof to the canister and in which the dispenser has a stand adapted to receive the stem in static relation thereto whereby the canister is able to be moved relative to the stem when received in the stand for dispensing of the fluidic contents.  
   
   
       32 . The container of  claim 24  including the package.  
   
   
       33 . The container of  claim 32  in which the contents of the package is a pharmaceutical composition.  
   
   
       34 - 35 . (canceled)

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